infantry , and first stopped at new york city to con ##fer with william try ##on , new york ' s royal governor . major general charles lee , sent by major general george washington to see to the defense of new york , coincidentally arrived there the same day as clinton . new york was at that time extremely tense ; patriot forces were beginning to di ##sar ##m and ev ##ic ##t loyalists , and the british fleet anchored there was having difficulty acquiring provisions . despite this , clinton made no secret that his final target was in the south . lee observed that this was " certainly a dr ##oll way of proceeding ; to communicate his full plan to the enemy is too
infantry, and first stopped at new york city to confer with william tryon, new york's royal governor. major general charles lee, sent by major general george washington to see to the defense of new york, coincidentally arrived there the same day as clinton. new york was at that time extremely tense ; patriot forces were beginning to disarm and evict loyalists, and the british fleet anchored there was having difficulty acquiring provisions. despite this, clinton made no secret that his final target was in the south. lee observed that this was " certainly a droll way of proceeding ; to communicate his full plan to the enemy is too